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Tritium opens its first US-based EV fast charger manufacturing plant

Green Car Congress

Tritium DCFC Limited opened its first US-based EV fast charger manufacturing facility, located in Lebanon, Tennessee. The facility will employ more than 500 Tennesseans over the next five years. AC/DC conversion uniquely occurs in a centralized rectification unit allowing the site to be over-subscribed.

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Tritium to build new fast charger plant in Tennessee; up to 30k units per year at peak capacity

Green Car Congress

In an effort to increase sales, localize production and expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the United States, Tritium DCFC Limited announced plans for expansion of its US footprint with a new manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Tennessee. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is expected to provide $7.5

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Carlos Ghosn's Superyacht To Be Seized As Part of Legal Ruling

The Truth About Cars

Several years after the disgraced auto exec fled to Lebanon, the British Virgin Islands High Court ruled that he must surrender a superyacht allegedly purchased using funds he siphoned away from the automaker. Ghosn, his wife, and a company they used to buy the ship were also ordered to pay $32 million in damages.

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Tritium CEO to meet President Biden today following announcement of a new DCFC manufacturing facility in Tennessee

Electrek

DC fast charging hardware and software manufacturer Tritium outlined plans for a new manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Tennessee this morning. Furthermore, all chargers produced at the new facility are expected to comply with Buy America Act provisions.

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How Tesla stock and a PPP loan landed a man four years in jail

Teslarati

The Lebanon, Oregon resident Lloyd’s gains from the surging stock disappeared after federal investigators put two and two together, realizing his investments were funded by illegally-obtained PPP loans, which were used to keep small businesses alive as a part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) act.

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Bane or boon? How Nissan’s financial status could weigh on Honda

Baua Electric

Software-defined vehicles arent by definition also electric, but with consumers who choose to buy electric also expecting the cars to come with the latest cutting-edge technology, including autonomous driving functions and mobile connectivity, its an important selling point. million two-wheelers were sold in the three months through Sept.

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The War in Ukraine Disrupts Trade in Both Food and Fuel

Cars That Think

Some of the countries in those regions have also been buying Ukrainian wheat (the country is the fifth-largest exporter of wheat) and sunflower oil, for which Ukraine provides half and Russia a fifth of global exports. This article appears in the September 2022 print issue as “Fuel, Food, and War.”.

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